Carolina Gardening: Name that bamboo, 1 by keonikale

keonikale wrote:
OK, maybe we can confirm the type I've dug up locally is in fact phyllostachys aurea. I was at work earlier but had a chance to take some shots tonight of it. This is what I hope to put primarily in the ponds. 20-30' would be an excellent height. And if this is in fact phyllostachys aurea, it seems to be a smaller bamboo, which is good too.

We used bamboo for fishing poles back when I was a kid, so that's another reason I think this might be it. The base of the culm sure looks the same as photos I was comparing.